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S. BER GE. CASE FOR DELIVERING OIGARETTES. &c.

No. 417,137.- Patented Dec. 10, 1889.

N. PETERS. Phnmumu m ncr, Washington a. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON BERGE, ()F NEXV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ADELAIDE BERGE,

OF SAME PLACE.

CASE FOR DELIVERING CIGARETTES, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 417,137, dated December 10, 1889.

Application filed July 6, 1889. Serial No. 316,663. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, SOLOMON BERGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases for Delivering Cigarettes and Similar Articles, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to a case or receptacle which is designed to contain cigarettes or other articles of similar shape, and is provided with means by which the cigarettes or other articles can be delivered from the case one by one as they are sold or are required for use.

Retail dealers are frequently called upon to sell cigarettes in lots of one or two, and in such cases the removing of the cigarettes from the package in which they are put up for the trade is quite a task to the dealer, so that it becomes desirable to provide means by which single cigarettes or small numbers of cigarettes can be more conveniently and rapidly delivered to the purchasers.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an apparatus which, among other things, will be suitable for this purpose.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the apparatus, showing the same empty. Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on the line 2 of Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the apparatus, looking from the right of Fig. 2, showing the same closed. Fig. l is a central longitudinal section, and Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the parts in a (litterent position to illustrate the operation of the apparatus.

Referring to said figures it is to be understood that A represents a case or receptacle of any appropriate size and shape. It is provided with a swinging or otherwise removable cover a, by which access can be had to its interior, and with a suitable base Z), which is of suiiicient size to give the desired stability to the apparatus, or to allow it to be fastened securely to a counter or other support.

Located within the case A is a compartment or hopper c, which is of a width about equal to the length of a cigarette, and is provided with an inclined bottom (Z, which extends from the rear of the hopper to a point near the front of the casing. Located in the front of the hopper is a guard e,which extends forward over the (front end of the bottom (Z, but is raised sufficiently above said bottom to provide space between the guard and the bottom of the hopper to form an opening or chute for the passage of a single row of cigarettes. Located beneath the guard e, and below and in front of the front end of the bottom (Z of the hopper, is a delivery-roll f,which is provided with a recess g of sufficient size to receive one cigarette. The shaft of the roll f is provided at the opposite ends of the roll with arms he, one of which is acted upon by a spring k, so as to rock the roll into position to bring the recess g upon its upper side, while the other engages with a stop Z, which is so arranged as to arrest the roll and retain the recess g in this position, as shown in Fig. 4.. The shaft of the roll is extended and passes through one side of the casing A, where it is provided with a finger-piece or handle on, by depressing which the roll can be rocked, so as to carry the recess 9 over to the front, so as to permit a cigarette which rests in the recess to roll forward and be delivered through an opening a in the front of the case in position to be taken by the purchaser, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5.

lhe bottom (Z of the hopper is provided upon its upper side with a hinged false-bottom. agitator upon which the cigarettes q rest as they roll downward toward the guard e and roll f. The roll f is provided upon its inner side with a projecting rod or arm .9, which, as the roll is rocked by the depression of the finger-piece m, passes upward through a slot 25 in the bottom (Z and engages with the agitator p, so as to raise the same and the cigarettes which rest thereon,as indicated in Fig. 5. The purpose of this will be clear when the operation of the apparatus is explained.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows The cigarettes to be delivered are placed in the hopper c, as indicated in Figs. 4. and 5, so as to roll downward on the bottom of the hopper toward the guard 6, one row of cigarettes passing beneath the guard, so that the foremost cigarette of the row rests in the recess 9 of the roll f, as indicated in Fig. 4. When it is desired to deliver a cigarette from the apparatus, the user will depress the finger-piece m to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. This will turn the roll from the position shown in Fig. 4 tothe position shown in Fig. 5' and cause the cigarette which was resting in the recess 9 to roll out of the recess and through the opening a into position to be taken. As the roll f is thus turned forward, the arm 3 will be raised through the slot 1, so as to raise the agitator p to the position indicated in Fig. 5, thereby raising the bulk of the cigarettes, so as to prevent them from crowding downward beneath the guard e and wedging above the roll, and at the same time sufficiently agitating the cigarettes to prevent them from becoming wedged at the entrance of the opening between the guard and the bottom of the hopper. As soon as the pressure is removed from the finger-piece m the spring 7c will restore the roll and the arm 8 to the position shown in Fig. 4, thereby allowing another cigarette to enter the recess in the rolhand so the operation will be repeated as often as it is desired to deliver a cigarette.

The apparatus which has been described,

although designed primarily for the use ofretail dealers, is also well adapted for private useas, for example, in club-rooms and in smoking-rooms generally, where it is desired to keep a supply of cigarettes in convenient form for delivery to users.

lVhat I claim isl. The combination, with the hopper having a discharge opening or chute and an agitator for preventing the said opening from becoming choked, of the recessed deliveryroll located adjacent to said opening, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the hopper having the inclined bottom, of the guard projecting over said bottom and forming therewith the discharge-chute for the hopper, the recessed delivery-roll located adjacent to said chute and arranged to receive the cigarettes therefrom, and the agitator hinged to the bottom of the hopper and arranged to be raised and move across the opening of the said chute to prevent the same from becoming choked, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SOLOMON BERGE.

\Vitnesses:

J. J. KENNEDY, G. M. BORSE. 

